COLORADO SPRINGS — Everyone employed at the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is expected to follow a long list of policies and procedures. Everyone except the sheriff.

In December, Sheriff Terry Maketa amended long-standing policies to exempt himself from the office rules, which cover everything from seat-belt use to sexual harassment.

He did it in a way that skipped the typical review of his staff.

And within weeks of changing the policy, he violated one of the rules he no longer has to follow by publicly discussing an ongoing Internal Affairs investigation, which the policy handbook states should be “treated in strict confidence.”

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